Author · Finland
Johannes Linnankoski
Died in 1913
Vihtori Johan Peltonen, who took the name Johannes Linnankoski, was born on 18 October 1869 in the village of Vakkola, in Askola, into a peasant family, and was largely self-taught. From 1888 to 1890 he studied at the teacher training college of Jyväskylä, then became a journalist. Active in the cultural life of eastern Uusimaa, he founded Finnish-language schools and the daily Uusimaa, and took part in the creation of a bank in Porvoo. Married in 1899, the father of four children, he died of anaemia in Helsinki on 10 August 1913, aged forty-three.
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- NovelThe Song of the Blood-Red FlowerLaulu tulipunaisesta kukastaJohannes Linnankoski · 1905LiteraturePublic domain